The lovely and superhero-ish Jamie of Super Mom 04 has tagged me with a meme: Six Things You Really Don't Need To Know About Me But I Am Telling Anyways.
This is great timing since I just gave you every minute detail of my day, as well as another meme detailing the intracacies of myself.
But we all know what blogging etiquette dictates: I must do the meme, which Jaime promises is "really fun." Here goes.
1. Four years ago this month, we were in a car accident. Ben and John, ages 22 months and 4 months, were both in the car. The boys were OK but Brian broke a vertebrae in his back and I got severe whiplash. My neck still hurts most days.
2. For the past three months I have been trying to lose 20 pounds through "baby steps." You know, "This week, I'll drink more water, next week I'll cut out fried foods, then I'll lift weights every day...." I have sworn off, I have binged, I have relapsed. So far, I haven't lost a pound. Yesterday, after declaring that "this is it," and "I am so done with overeating and not excercising," I ate four pieces of the red velvet cake my mom brought us for Easter. This led to a realization: For me, it's all or nothing. No I'm not giving up cake or laziness, but I've got to dive into a healthier lifestyle with both feet, or it ain't happening.
3. During the past year, I got back in touch with two old friends, both through Classmates. A high school friend contacted me last summer after 18 years, and we now talk regularly through email. Last winter, I found a college buddy whom I'd lost track of when her parents moved out of state, and we met for lunch last month. We hadn't seen each other in about 15 years.
Six seems like a lot, doesn't it? OK...
4. I applied for a writing job a few weeks ago and haven't heard anything. *sob*
5. I came up with the blog title "Wonder Mom" because the only blog I read was Dooce and she had just gone to San Francisco and visited Mighty Girl. It made sense at the time. At first I had the tagline "Yes, she does Fly," as an ode to FlyLady. But I decided it was too esoteric.
6. I'm a certified scuba diver but haven't been diving since I got pregnant in 1999. My mom ages about 11 years every time I dive.
5 comments:
Very interesting facts. That car accident. Wow. That's awful, but I'm glad you all weren't seriously injured.
I know the feeling about writing jobs. Grr.
A car accident with the kids in the car!? Oh, my blood pressure goes up just thinking about it. It seems like that story is worth a longer post of its own.
Did you apply for one of the Club Mom positions? Because I did too and I still haven't heard a word yet either (even though I've e-mailed them twice now asking about it!).
Interesting stuff ~ isn't it amazing when you come back into contact with an old friend! How time changes people...and how people can remain the same!
very cool info.
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